the guy by the door …

I had no plan to go Widener that night. There has been discussion about closing the Littauer Library for years. Last spring, people in several cirulcation departments told me they were sure this time. Most recently, I’ve been told, “there is no plan.” So I made the rounds. That took me to Widener. I found Levi putting out the lights on the Chanukkiyah. He told me that this is a word of recent origin [ ~60

I so much enjoyed schmoozing with Levi that I forgot to take his picture. So if you want to see want caring for the Chanukkiyah looks like, you’ll have to look at last year’s Third Light. I promised Levi he could have the full size picture. Berkoblogs are all under the Creative Commons License - free to Levi’s and non-Levi’s alike. Just click the pic. I may be a goy, but I’m no piker. But, Levi, send me an e-mail anyway. We’ll schmooze.

To my goyish friends, my Old Yard Chrismas lights will have to be posted either from New York City or Houston.

And I suppose I should talk about losing one’s parents. The short form: it’s painful with and without.

Life is full of pain and misery…

…and over far too soon.           Woody Allen